Unusual and Fascinating Currency

Graphical Marvels, Forged Notes, Hyperinflation "Riches" and Propaganda Bed Sheets"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value - zero." (Voltaire, 1694-1778)World's historical bank notes often provide the clearest and unique view on country's political and design sensibilities. For example, old Russian Empire bank notes were pretty elaborate and some of the largest in size:German crisis money around 1921 "Serienscheine" (series notes) are especially fascinating from a graphical viewpoint - see more here:Imaginary (thank God!) Bank of Cthulhu:Polish bank notes with Frédéric Chopin - an epitomy of culture:A humble squirrel is featured on bank notes from Belarus:The world’s oldest known banknoteThe earliest recorded use of paper money is in China around 800 AD, although the Chinese...

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Delicious and Utterly Irresistible Robot Sculptures

Back to the army of cute little robots:Mike Slobot is a sculptor and painter, sculpting his own brand of robots called “the slobots” for about the last 5 years. Here is the "slobot" created for the Stitch Experiment 626 project: the original figure was a 10” tall Disney Stitch character from the Lilo and Stitch movie. More slobots, including this cute SloBart, can be seen at Mike's website: Here is a cool update from Lockwasher: "Roaming" Mobile Phone Man (left) and a head of the Phil Robot (made from an old railroad lantern!) -Snuggly Little Robots and Obnoxious Huge OnesWhen are robots NOT required to be efficient, super-smart, or uniquely...

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Amazing Miracle seagull shot by attackers SURVIVES despite having dart lodged in its head

With a dart lodged in its head after being shot by attackers, it’s a miracle this seagull has survived.The distressed bird is still managing to fly even though the bolt, of which both ends are visible, pierced it between the eyes.It was spotted by Graham Rhodes, a photographer who lives in Scarborough, who was left shocked. It’s the second recent case in the Burr Bank area after another seagull was found with an injured wing.Mr Rhodes, who runs Aakschipper Gallery, said he believes the dart is a bolt from a crossbow – and he was concerned the attacks could result in an increase of violence in the town.‘My main worry is that there is someone walking...

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Awesome Underground House in Switzerland

Stunning house, designed by SeARCH and Christian Muller Architects, is fully embedded in the alpine landscape of Vals, Switzerland. The viewing angle from the building is slightly inclined, giving an even more dramatic view of the beautiful mountai...

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10 reasons why Goats are the most beautiful animals

10. A goat can rock an emo haircut and be cool. So what, goats can listen to emo rock and have cool profile pictures on myspace, can’t they?9. The goat’s eye – the biggest bad ass eye of them all. The slits give the goats 340 degrees of vision without moving. People have 210 degree at most8. Strange nap time. Nope, the goat has not passed away, it’s just pretending. This is how the goat takes afternoon naps, and it’s probably even having nice dreams while others are worried for its condition.7. The goat is breaking the rules. It doesn’t care whether the gate is open or not, it enters wherever it wants.6. Goats love bikes! Why should the goat...

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